I keep foiling AE teams

Yeah, cause that was very newsworthy to report. :-P

Actually the reason I say there's no point to mentioning it is cause threads like these spring up.

But that's my last comment on it.

I'll stick to my own advice and let the mods deal with it if they think such things are flamebait.

They can be very challenging. Likewise, they can be very easy when the mobs are designed with an attack type that the author happens to have the highest defense against, and designed with the least resistance to the attack type the author happens to have.

There is no risk in this game, it's all reward. Unless you were referring to debt perhaps? Because debt used to be a risk. Now it's more of a novelty. I mean how much of a risk is something that can be recovered by not playing the game?

If the reward is XP, and too much reward is advancing to fast..why not just implement a further control, a minimum time per level: You can still gain XP, but you have to do at least X amount of time on line before you are allowed to advance. If the Dev's realy worry is about people levelling too fast, maybe they should take a look at their XP system as being the problem instead of trying to fight a losing battle against human nature.

That really wouldn't be a good idea at all.

They can't make any hard and fast rules, because either they'll have to be so draconian as to ruin the game, or exploiters will do anything they can to subvert and find loopholes in the rules to be anything short of breaking them. (not mutually exclusive either)

The devs can't afford to have GMs monitoring the whole game 24/7, they rely on player support to enforce codes of conduct and the rules in the EULA, including stopping people from making racist rants in Broadcast, getting rid of griefers, not letting DC comics have a turn at suing them, fighting gold farmers and reporting exploits. 'Snitches' like me are the only thing stopping you people from being inundated with spam tells, locked out of the market by unobtainable prices, getting called very nasty names and continuing to play a game where the devs' budget isn't going towards legal fees.

Don't tell me how I should play my game.

Unless you wanna pay my $15/month. If you want, you could PM me your credit card and I'll put it on my subscription. Then I'll happily play the game the way you want it to be played!

Inoright?

ROTFLMAO!

How do these threads get tagged? Does some mod do it, or is it auto generated?

Cause if that's a mod that's funny as hell.

EDIT: NVM, I see the edit button. I can't believe that left that in for players to edit. AGAIN, LOL!!!

It also allows me to play a criminal who destroys children's books and throw cats up trees. So why can't I farm and "break the rules"?

Because you are not your pretend character.

And my villain like to play video games by spending all her time in AE.

Your point?

... sorry, was that supposed to be a counterpoint?

Then she's not a very good villain. Er..... bad villain? I'm so confused.

Not really.

Not all villains are good at being villains!

The guy I was quoting used the "we play heroes. so we gotta be nice irl" defense. I know I'm not a mass of pixels, I was just giving him the counter to what he said.

Where did I say it made you a saint? I didn't see that anywhere in my post.

That is true enough, though. Reporting an offense doesn't make you a saint.

But....

It doesn't make you in the wrong, or a brown noser, either, like so many people keep suggesting.

I will never understand the stance that people have that because you're obeying the rules and doing something you're requested to do makes you a bad person somehow.

Yes, they ARE violations of the rules, no matter how much you say otherwise. The devs and GMs cannot possibly hope to police the entire game themselves, so, they requested that the players assist them.

Simply reporting something does not automatically mean that it will be banned, genericed, or otherwise punished in any way. It simply means you are bringing something to the attention of the people whose JOB it is to make determinations on whether something is a rule violation. If it is indeed a violation of the rules, it will be addressed. If it is NOT a violation of the rules, it will be allowed to stand.

I don't run around reporting everything I see that might be violating some rule or another, simply because that's all I would be doing if it were the case. My own fun is more important to me than wanting others to be punished for something that doesn't affect me. I don't report farms because I don't run them, which is a requirement in order to report them.

I DO report blatant copyright and trademark infringements if I see them. If it seems that the person in question is unaware of the rules against it I will (politely) inform them of the rule's existence. If it is obvious that they know they are violating a rule I just fire off a quick petition and go on about my business.

By no means do I ever hang out and LOOK for things to report, I have better things to do. I don't report anything out of smugness, or because I want to make myself look good. If I report anything it is in the interest of seeing the rules enforced that I, myself, obey.

I made ONE farm mission, when they cracked down on them originally I voluntarily removed it after recieving a message from a GM. No further enforcement was necessary.

I made exactly ONE character who was a copyright infringement. He was a MA/Shield scrapper who looked like Captain America. His name? EULA Violation
I got dozens of tells from people who were giving me advice on how to make the costume better. Not one of them recognized that, by naming my character what I did, I was making fun of them.

Sorry about the long post, but I have an issue with people who insist that there is nothing wrong with ignoring laws and rules, and instead state that the people trying to enforce them are the ones in the wrong. It's like the guy who says: "What are you arresting me for? All I was doing was selling crack, I didn't do anything wrong! Man, that lady is a snitch for calling the police on me while I'm standing outside this school!"

Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately.

You need to team with more drunks.

While fine sentiments that I tend to agree with, it's not quite so simple as "live and let live".

The problem is, it's a shared game. Everything people do affects other people's games. Reporting farms affects the farmers enjoyment of the game when their farms are locked. Making and running farms (both on AE and in the regular game) affects the play of non-farmers when the devs take steps to limit a farm or farming in general.

So, it will never come down to letting people play as they wish. The best you can have is to come to some sort of compromise, which would be impossible in a game like this and neither side would do so in any case.

Edit: I need to note, I'm not disagreeing with the person quoted above. This reply is pointed towards the general public, not to you. I like your points! :P

It has been said by Positron that the intention of AE was not to provide a tool for faster leveling. Fair enough.

If I make an AE farm arc, I am aware of the consequences. People are given a tool to report it. And it's their right to report it. That's an even game in my opinion.

But confronting me because of it? I don't think that's fare. Because I don't confront YOU because you don't do things my way, do I?

It must be noted, I actually don't farm a lot. I have never made an AE farm arc, and I do agree that AE could be implemented in a better way.

All I'm saying is that threads like these, bashing of others, and saying "You're doing it wrong!" is not only ridiculous, but also rude.

Of course, we don't live in a perfect world. And I understands why people are doing what they do. I'm just doing what I feel is the right thing to do by defending those whose points are being bullied by people who think they're above others. Call me a vigilante. Call me a snob. Call me stupid. I do what I think is the right thing to do. Like everyone else.

Can you please point me to the part in the i14 patch notes that says that, I couldn't find it. New forums are a little harder to Navigate so I'm sure my search-foo is not strong yet.